Exhibitions & Showcases
Current Exhibitions
The Chapel Gallery provides around twenty exhibitions and showcases each year. Our current programme of exhibitions is below.
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The Fairytale of Burscough Bridge:
17 January -
21 February 2009
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An exhibition celebrating the recent award winning transformation
of Burscough Bridge with BCA Landscape Architects and Smiling
Wolf Design Consultancy.
Local consultation and research into Burscough’s unique history
provided the creative catalyst for a sensitive and imaginative
scheme, heralded as one of the most inventive regeneration
projects of recent years.
The exhibition includes work integral to the design process including
The Fairytale of Burscough Bridge book and an animation that
brings the characters of Lancashire folklore to life. The scheme
combined traditional techniques such as stonemasonry with
contemporary design, resulting in a celebration of the rich history
and cultural identity of the town.
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Inspired by Nature:
28 February – 11 April 2009 |
The natural world with its ever-evolving landscapes remains a
powerful source of inspiration for contemporary artists, as it has
been for artists across the centuries.
Works exhibited, including painting, sculpture and film, demonstrate
our profound physical and emotional connection to nature: at once
a contemplative and uplifting experience.
Exhibiting Artists: Helen Booth,
Stuart Carter, Sarah Chapman,
Beverley Coleclough, Tracy
Griffin, Jane Hughes, Sarah
Jerath, Sharon Kelly, Hawys
Mather, Georgina Vinsun and
Anthea Walsh.
Artist’s Talk: Tracy Griffin gives an
Artist’s Talk on Wednesday 1
April. Contact the gallery to
book.
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Making It:
18 April – 16 May 2009 |
Visit the Chapel Gallery during
this period and you’ll be offered
a unique experience, as three
artists explore their own creativity
to produce artworks that will
evolve over the duration of the
exhibition.
Observe painter Sarah Richards,
ceramicist Catrin Mostyn-Jones
and illustrator Matthew Roby as they create their own work. You can
even participate by contributing to an inspirational collective
artwork.
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Unfolding:
23 May – 4 July 2009 |
An exhibition that brings together a wide
array of works produced using paper as the
primary medium. These artists explore
the inherent properties of paper
that make it such an intuitive,
adaptable material with
seemingly inexhaustible
creative possibilities.
Artists exhibited: Ian Abbott, Claire Brewster,
Sarah Brown, Sarah Casey, Joyce Coulton, Sarah
Morpeth, Laura Nathan, Tony Rickaby, Lizanne Van Essen, Gill Wilson and Thurle Wright.
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West Lancashire Open Exhibition 2009:
25 July – 9 September 2009 |
Our annual Open Exhibition acknowledges the
inspiring talent of established artists from throughout the UK, shown
alongside accomplished students and ambitious amateurs.
Traditional landscapes juxtapose
contemporary abstracts and
three-dimensional work. With as
many as one hundred artists
showing collectively, visitors are
guaranteed a diverse and
vibrant experience.
Application Forms are now available. Contact the
gallery with your postal address. |
